Lessons Learned from Raven Software

"Move or die," said Brian Raffel, co-founder of Raven Software on the closing day of DICE Summit 2009 in Las Vegas.

"We learned to adapt, anyone who doesn't learn to change and adapt gets run over pretty quick," he says. Raffel took the stage to give a brief history of the Activision-owned Raven Software, which has managed to maintain its autonomy under the umbrella of the megapublisher. The studio is responsible for recent titles such as Marvel Ultimate Alliance and X-Men Legends, and classic games including Heretic.